This episode is why The Wire isn't my favorite show of all time, but it's also why The Wire is the best show I've ever seen.
I got really attached to Omar Little during my viewing of the show. He's the first television character I truly felt worried for. And as such, his death really messed with me. From the shear anticlimax, to the screams of the girl at the counter, it was brutal. And to be frank, I don't like it, but I'm clearly not supposed to. David Simon didn't sit hear thinking "oh man, I'm sure people are really going to love this!" No, he didn't. Because good storytelling isn't always what you want to happen.
The payoff to his death is brilliant, and I believe Marlos final appearance in the show is the greatest scene in any piece of media I have ever seen. I told myself that if the conclusion to Omar Littles character was satisfying that it would be the best TV show I'd ever seen, and it was satisfying, but not in the way you'd expect. Instead of revenge, or an emotionally charged death, it's brutally poetic irony. And that's why The Wire is the only piece of media I feel comfortable giving a 10/10.
Of course, The Wire is much more than Omar. And he isn't even the only character on the show I ended up getting really attached to, Bubbles was my second favorite and he got the best ending of the whole series. But the character of Omar was my favorite part, even in a sea of other amazing stories.
Thank you, the crew to this show, for making such a thematically brilliant masterpiece.
I got really attached to Omar Little during my viewing of the show. He's the first television character I truly felt worried for. And as such, his death really messed with me. From the shear anticlimax, to the screams of the girl at the counter, it was brutal. And to be frank, I don't like it, but I'm clearly not supposed to. David Simon didn't sit hear thinking "oh man, I'm sure people are really going to love this!" No, he didn't. Because good storytelling isn't always what you want to happen.
The payoff to his death is brilliant, and I believe Marlos final appearance in the show is the greatest scene in any piece of media I have ever seen. I told myself that if the conclusion to Omar Littles character was satisfying that it would be the best TV show I'd ever seen, and it was satisfying, but not in the way you'd expect. Instead of revenge, or an emotionally charged death, it's brutally poetic irony. And that's why The Wire is the only piece of media I feel comfortable giving a 10/10.
Of course, The Wire is much more than Omar. And he isn't even the only character on the show I ended up getting really attached to, Bubbles was my second favorite and he got the best ending of the whole series. But the character of Omar was my favorite part, even in a sea of other amazing stories.
Thank you, the crew to this show, for making such a thematically brilliant masterpiece.